CIS Microfiche Library 1970-2002 (CIS Asia Pacific Collection)

 CIS NO: 75-H381-3
 TITLE: Political Prisoners in South Vietnam and the Philippines.
 SOURCE: Committee on Foreign Affairs. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+127 p.
 DATE: May 1, June 5, 1974
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 93-2              SUDOC: Y4.F76/1:P93/7
 ITEM NO: 1017
 LC CARD NO: 74-602912               MC ENTRY NO: 11528(75)

 Hearings before the Subcom on Asian and Pacific Affairs to assess
 desirability of aid to anti-Communist dictatorships in light of ultimate
 U.S. foreign policy goals of peace through law. Hearing focuses on testimony
 of citizens having personal experience with conditions in Vietnam and the
 Philippines.
   Appendix (p. 87-127) contains correspondence and articles, including:
 a. Memo of conversations among Ambassador Graham Martin, Embassy Officers,
     and a group of American citizens visiting Vietnam, Jan. 16-18, 1974 (p.
     91-120).
 b. GAO, military assistance and commitments in Philippines, rpt (p.
     121-123).
 CONTENT NOTATION: US aid relevancy to civil liberties in South Vietnam and
     South Korea
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON ASIAN AND PACIFIC
     AFFAIRS. HOUSE; CIVIL LIBERTIES; MILITARY.ASSISTANCE; GENERAL
     ACCOUNTING OFFICE (Military assistance and commitments in Philippines,
     rpt); VIETNAM; PHILIPPINES

 75-H381-3 TESTIMONY NO: 1          May 1, 1974 p. 2-13
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     ABZUG, BELLA S. (Rep, D-NY)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Extent of U.S. support of dictatorships; appeal
     for outside visits to investigate treatment of Vietnamese political
     prisoners.
 INSERTION: Articles and publications alleging Vietnamese political
     repression, bibl (p. 7-11).
 CONTENT NOTATION: US aid relevancy to civil liberties in South Vietnam and
     South Korea
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): BIBLIOGRAPHIES (Vietnamese
     alleged political repression, articles)

 75-H381-3 TESTIMONY NO: 2          May 1, 1974 p. 13-17
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     DELLUMS, RONALD V. (Rep, D-Calif)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Need for congressional determination of foreign
     military commitments.
 CONTENT NOTATION: US aid relevancy to civil liberties in South Vietnam and
     South Korea

 75-H381-3 TESTIMONY NO: 3          May 1, 1974 p. 18-49
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     BRANFMAN, FRED
     PORTER, D. GARETH (both co-dirs, Indochina Resource Center, Wash, DC)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Lack of change in counterinsurgency emphasis of
     U.S. Indochina policy; costs to U.S. and Vietnamese people of continuing
     war; covert Administration methods of increasing FY74 economic aid to
     Indochina. (p. 18-38)
       Actions of Thieu regime to circumvent Vietnam political solution
     provided by Paris agreement; recommended cut-off in South Vietnam aid
     pending compliance with agreement. (p. 38-49)
 INSERTION: U.S., USSR, and China expenditures for Indochina, 1966-71; war
     death toll and Vietnam budgets, 1964-74, tables (p. 35-38).
 CONTENT NOTATION: US aid relevancy to civil liberties in South Vietnam and
     South Korea
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): DEFENSE EXPENDITURES (US,
     USSR, China expenditures for Indochina war); TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS
     (South Vietnam violations of Paris agreement); INDOCHINA RESOURCE
     CENTER

 75-H381-3 TESTIMONY NO: 4          June 5, 1974 p. 52-60
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     RANSOM, ROBERT (counsel, Intl Business Machines Corp; leader,
        delegation of Amer Citizens to South Vietnam, Jan 1974; Gold Star
        father)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Personal observation of continuing war; failure
     of aid to reach needy Vietnamese.
 CONTENT NOTATION: US aid relevancy to civil liberties in South Vietnam and
     South Korea

 75-H381-3 TESTIMONY NO: 5          June 5, 1974 p. 61-85
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     KERKVLIET, BENEDICT J. (fellow, Woodrow Wilson Intl Center for
        Scholars; also representing Friends of the Filipino People)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Reasons for ending all U.S. military support to
     Philippines; history of martial law and rising rebellion under Marcos
     regime; charged use of AID funds for building police state; recommended
     investigation of rumored U.S. involvement in counterinsurgency.
 INSERTION: News articles documenting Moslem rebellion in Philippines, 1974
     (p. 78-83).
 CONTENT NOTATION: US aid relevancy to civil liberties in South Vietnam and
     South Korea
 DESCRIPTORS: FRIENDS OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE